Heather Gwen Martin
Weft
From the Artist
“Weft hits with this frenetic energy and raucous color but there is a sensitivity and a serenity in how the forms fall. It shifts from fast to slow.”
About the Artwork
This print is Heather Gwen Martin’s first foray into printmaking. We at Haystack were thrilled when she agreed to do her very first print with us. She traveled to Asheville, North Carolina to create these works in the PS Marlowe Studio with Master Printer Phil Sanders.
Curatorial Opinion
In Martin’s Weft, we see the layered biomorphic slivers and shapes that are characteristic of her work in painting. The term weft refers to the weaving process, meaning the threads that run across the loom. With this in mind, the edges of each of the five colors in the screenprint show a tension, like fabric being stretched. Each color vibrates against the border of the next, mixing with the rich tones beneath it.
About the Artist
Heather Gwen Martin (b.1977, Saskatoon, Canada) is a painter based in Los Angeles who is interested in the human aspect of painting. The colors are hot and bright, nearing hard edge abstraction while maintaining the mark of the hand. Each shape is poetic, with flourishes of elegant movement akin to dancing.
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